Bloodstream infection (BSI) is defined by positive blood cultures in a patient with systemic
signs of infection and may be either secondary to a documented source or primary—that is …

Immunocompromised patients account for an increasing proportion of the typical intensive
care unit (ICU) case-mix. Because of the increased availability of new drugs for cancer and …

Purpose In the critically ill, hospital-acquired bloodstream infections (HA-BSI) are associated
with significant mortality. Granular data are required for optimizing management, and …

Purpose The primary objective of this study was to investigate the risk of ICU bloodstream
infection (BSI) in critically ill COVID-19 patients compared to non-COVID-19 patients …

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) and droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) have
recently demonstrated a great potential for pathogen detection. However, few studies have …

Intensive care units (ICUs) are an appropriate focus of antibiotic stewardship program efforts
because a large proportion of any hospital's use of parenteral antibiotics, especially broad …

Objectives: To assess nurses' compliance with central line associated bloodstream infection
(CLABSI) prevention guidelines related to maintenance of the central line and the predictors …

Central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSI) are a frequent event in the
intensive care unit (ICU) setting. In contrast to other nosocomial infections, most risk factors …

For the first time since 2015, the World Health Organization's (WHO) global Antimicrobial
Resistance and Use Surveillance (GLASS) featured both global reports for antimicrobial …

Purpose We aimed to develop a machine-learning (ML) algorithm that can predict intensive
care unit (ICU)-acquired bloodstream infections (BSI) among patients suspected of infection …